Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium.Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped and produces spores.Aside from being a close relative to Bacillus anthracis (the one that ...

The totality of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism forms its natural microbiome. The interactions between the body and these microorganisms significantly ...

The world's most widely used organic insecticide, a plucky bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt for short, requires the assistance of other microbes to perform its insect-slaying work ...

One of the most successful strategies in pest control is to endow crop plants with genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt for short, which code for proteins that kill pests ...

The toxin produced by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is a popular insecticide used to control pest moths and butterflies, and in some GM pest-proof crops. In a study published in BMC Biology ...

The bacterium makes a protein crystal. The crystal (cry protein) is insoluble and just hangs out until a caterpillar eats it. The caterpillar’s digestive system has a very high pH (like bleach). This ...

In 2016, farmers worldwide planted more than 240 million acres (98 million hectares) of genetically modified corn, cotton and soybeans that produce insect-killing proteins from the bacterium ...